Still not convinced about Azure, the Xbox One’s Cloud computing solution? Enterprise storage company Nasuni has recently published a very interesting white paper on the state of cloud storage, and has determined that among Cloud Storage Providers, Microsoft’s Azure has beaten out the previous top solution, Amazon S3.

From the white paper: “In our 2012 report, tests demonstrated that Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage were the two strongest players in the market and that, although other offerings showed potential, they had not yet matured enough for use in enterprise storage solutions.

“This year, our tests revealed that Microsoft Azure Blob Storage has taken a significant step ahead of last year’s leader, Amazon S3, to take the top spot. Across three primary tests (performance, scalability and stability), Microsoft emerged as a top performer in every category. Even though Azure has not been in the market as long as S3 and does not have nearly the same volume of storage under management, it is clear that Microsoft’s investments in Azure are starting to pay dividends and that the technology they are providing to the market is second to none.”

While Microsoft has been called out in the past regarding the “hundreds of thousands” of Azure servers it will be providing for the Xbox One, the actual reports don’t lie. Despite being relatively new, Azure has risen to the very top of the pile to become the number one Cloud Storage Provider. Where does that leave Sony? We’ll soon find out when the Xbox One launches on November 22nd.

The cloud is going to be a valuable tool. Its something thats going to grow with the system and considering this gen lasted for nearly ten years thats incredibly valuable. MS are planning for the future.

The cloud is going to be a valuable tool. Its something thats going to grow with the system and considering this gen lasted for nearly ten years thats incredibly valuable. MS are planning for the future.

Doesn't mean the competitors can't come up with a similar/better solution at the right time in the future to compete.

The cloud is going to be a valuable tool. Its something thats going to grow with the system and considering this gen lasted for nearly ten years thats incredibly valuable. MS are planning for the future.

Doesn't mean the competitors can't come up with a similar/better solution at the right time in the future to compete.

The cloud is going to be a valuable tool. Its something thats going to grow with the system and considering this gen lasted for nearly ten years thats incredibly valuable. MS are planning for the future.

The cloud is going to be a valuable tool. Its something thats going to grow with the system and considering this gen lasted for nearly ten years thats incredibly valuable. MS are planning for the future.

Doesn't mean the competitors can't come up with a similar/better solution at the right time in the future to compete.

The cloud is going to be a valuable tool. Its something thats going to grow with the system and considering this gen lasted for nearly ten years thats incredibly valuable. MS are planning for the future.

Doesn't mean the competitors can't come up with a similar/better solution at the right time in the future to compete.

It'll be primarily used to track Xboners' TV, Movie and Internet traffic tendencies and then it will steer targeted streaming ads to your XB1 home pages to try to get you to buy more XBL crap.

Oh and my guess is you're a game dev right? Many different developers have started using the cloud, and any are able to. It gives them extra opportunities that you wouldn't have on any other console.

Sunset Overdrive keeps a persistent, constantly updating world with the cloud.

Forza creates your own personal avatar who drives like you, by studying your driving and sending it to the cloud.

Dead Rising 3 uses the cloud to create the first persistent open world game. If you bang up a car and leave it on one end of the map in a ditch, it will be there when you get back because of the cloud.

These are only the first wave of xbox games....what will the cloud be doing in 10 years when its 10x the size and speed?

Another useless Xbone feature. MS continues to show how little they care for actual games on their system with these useless gimmicks that have little or no gaming application. Would have been better if they invested some cloud mony into getting better hardware or better first party studios.

Another useless Xbone feature. MS continues to show how little they care for actual games on their system with these useless gimmicks that have little or no gaming application. Would have been better if they invested some cloud mony into getting better hardware or better first party studios.

I agree that way we could have such quality titles as Knack, killzone and driveclub.

Another useless Xbone feature. MS continues to show how little they care for actual games on their system with these useless gimmicks that have little or no gaming application. Would have been better if they invested some cloud mony into getting better hardware or better first party studios.

How is having full dedicated servers for every online game useless? That was the biggest issue this gen, the lack of dedicated servers. How is being able to freely use the cloud for any feature when developing useless? Many companies make great use of the cloud in game, and that directly benefits the gamer.

The cloud is going to be a valuable tool. Its something thats going to grow with the system and considering this gen lasted for nearly ten years thats incredibly valuable. MS are planning for the future.

Doesn't mean the competitors can't come up with a similar/better solution at the right time in the future to compete.

Umm... do you have any idea how much of an investment a cloud service is? It's not like just saying "hey, lets go put some servers together".

The cloud is going to be a valuable tool. Its something thats going to grow with the system and considering this gen lasted for nearly ten years thats incredibly valuable. MS are planning for the future.

Doesn't mean the competitors can't come up with a similar/better solution at the right time in the future to compete.

Sony? No chance

Didnt Microsoft just invest like $20 billion or something into their infrastructure?

"This year, our tests revealed that Microsoft Azure Blob Storage has taken a significant step ahead of last year’s leader, Amazon S3, to take the top spot. Across three primary tests (performance, scalability and stability)"

@tdkmillsy: to me it isn't even about resolution it's more about things like AA. You can cut a steak with the jaggies you see in console games now. 900p or 1080p isn't that big a difference and I dare someone to tell the difference between the two if give two images to pick from. But jaggies, crappy particle effects and bad framerate you notice immediately

@tdkmillsy: to me it isn't even about resolution it's more about things like AA. You can cut a steak with the jaggies you see in console games now. 900p or 1080p isn't that big a difference and I dare someone to tell the difference between the two if give two images to pick from. But jaggies, crappy particle effects and bad framerate you notice immediately